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Stanford Routs Cal in MPSF Regular Season Finale

from Press Release

STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford sophomore
Mackenzie Tesei came off the bench to record her first collegiate
hat trick and played an outstanding overall game to lead No. 17
Stanford to an 18-7 victory over California in a women's lacrosse
regular-season finale Thursday at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.

In addition to her scoring, Tesei had team highs with five draw
controls and three caused turnovers as Stanford (13-3 overall, 7-2
MPSF) secured at least a No. 3 seed for the six-team Mountain
Pacific Sports Federation tournament, which begins May 1 in
Denver.

The Cardinal can pick up a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye if
Oregon (6-1 MPSF) loses either of its final two regular-season
games, against first-place Denver (8-0) or Colorado (5-3). The MPSF
tournament winner earns the conference's automatic berth into the
NCAA tournament.

Hannah Farr also had three goals for Stanford and teammates
Kelsey Murray, Meg Lentz, Paige Southmayd, and Anna Kim scored two
apiece. Murray also had two assists.

Cal held a 3-1 lead after the first 21 minutes, but a Stanford
timeout helped re-shape the game. Stanford responded with seven
unanswered goals as part of a 17-2 run that lasted into the waning
stages.

"Basically, we changed our attitude," said Kim, one of four
graduating seniors playing in their final home game. "We came out
ready to go."

Stanford is 7-3 in games in which it has trailed, but in each of
its three losses, the Cardinal led in the game's late stages. In
two of those games, Stanford was unable to holds leads of five or
more goals. Those are the lessons that Stanford will take to Denver
next week.

"Our team has to keep in mind that we need to come out with the
same attitude as we did for the second half today," Kim said. "We
lose our focus a little bit. We need to come out strong in every
game and every half and be ready to play."

As if Stanford didn't have enough momentum with a 5-3 halftime
lead, Tesei won the second-half draw and got the ball to Ozer on
the run, and she punched it in after only 11 seconds had
elapsed.

"When we went into the locker room at halftime, we didn't talk
much about the opponent, we talked about us," Stanford coach Amy
Bokker said. "We needed to stay aggressive to the net and find a
way to get the shots off that we wanted to get off."

Ozer also was the one whose score sparked the decisive 7-0 run.
Ozer and Farr are tied for the team-lead with 27 goals. Ozer now
has 94 career goals, one away from 13th on Stanford's career
list.

If Stanford is to win its ninth MPSF tournament in 10 years, the
Cardinal will need to be more accurate in its shooting, Bokker
said. The Cardinal made 18 of 35 shots Thursday and was 4-for-12 on
free-position shooting.
"These games, both wins and losses, have been really reflective of
our finishing," Bokker said. "Shooting is going to be a big part of
it, and keeping pressure on other teams' defenses."

The game marked the last at home for Kim, defenders Megan Lerner
and Nina Swanson, and goalie Lyndsey Munoz. Ozer, a senior
graduating in atmosphere and energy engineering, will play a fifth
year next season while co-terming (earning her master's) in
mechanical engineering.

They have helped Stanford to a combined record of 51-22 during
the past four seasons.